William mainzee and john singee



(No Model.)

W. MAINZER & J. SINGER. 'Gaskfor Beer and other Liquids. No. 237,884. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

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WIW m MPEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MAINZER AND JOHN SINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CASK FOR BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 237,884, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed December 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM MAINZER and JOHN SINGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oasks for Beer and other Liquids,of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the improx'ement, taken through the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken through the line 00 :0, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is tofurnish casks for holding beer and other liquids, so constructed that they can be safely handled and transported without detaching the faucets,

V and can thus be furnished to the consumer with faucets applied ready for use, and can be returned to be refilled without detaching the faucets.

The invention consists in constructing acask for beer or other liquids with two heads at one end, the outer one provided with a hinged door, said heads forming between them a chamber to receive a folding faucet and protect the same when not in use or when in course of transportation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a cask of any desired size, and which is furnished at one end with two heads, B G, at a little distance from each other, forming a chamber, D. The inner head, B, is close,

and the outer head, G, has a small door, -E,

formed in it, which door is hinged at one edge to the head 0, and is secured,when closed, by a lock, abutton, a'hook and eye, or other suitable fastening.

The faucet is made in two parts, F G,hinged to each other, and its inner part or spigot, F,

is inserted in a hole in the inner end, B, of the cask A, so that the outer part or spout, G, can be turned up into the chamberD when not required for use, as shown in Fig. 1, and turned down when the-contents of the cask are to be drawn off. The faucet F G is provided with a valve, H, in the ordinary manner, and its hinge I may be so formed as to serve as a second valve, for additional security against leakage when a filled cask is being transported.

With this construction, when the spigot G of the faucet has been turned up and the door E closed the cask A can be handled and transported with the same facility as if no faucet wereapplied to it.

With this construction, also, filled casks can be furnished to consumers with faucets applied to them, and can be returned to be refilled without detaching the faucets, so that the consumers will have no trouble in applying faucets, and can cause no waste of the contents of the casks by unskillfulness.

We do not limit ourselves to the precise construction of parts herein described, as the same may be varied without departing from our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 7 A cask for beer and other liquids constructed with heads B U, provided,respectively, with faucet-hole and door-closed opening, in combination with folding faucet F G, as and for the purpose specified.

- WILLIAM MAINZER.

JOHN SINGER.

Witnesses J Arms '1. GRAHAM, O. ,SEDGWICK. 

